Rejected By One, Claimed By Another のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 91 - チャプター 100

Cain's room was drowned in silence except for the faint sound of uneven breathing and the quiet clinking of metal.The air smelled heavily of herbs, burnt incense, and blood.Lady Mana sat beside the bed, her expression dark and focused as several acupuncture needles pierced different parts of Aria's pale body. Thin traces of dark veins crawled beneath her skin like poison spreading through fragile roots.Aria laid completely still. Her breathing was shallow, almost impossible to hear unless one listened carefully.Cain stood beside the bed, his trembling hands clenched tightly into fists as he watched Lady Mana work tirelessly. His eyes were swollen red already, but he refused to look away from Aria even for a second.Mariella stood close to Lynn at the other side of the room, both girls looking terrified and helpless.Lynn kept wiping her tears with shaky fingers while Mariella stared blankly at Aria's lifeless form, her lips trembling badly.Lady Mana slowly removed the last needle

The soft rays of the afternoon sun slipped quietly through the curtains of Mariella's room.Mariella stirred weakly on the bed before slowly opening her eyes.For a moment, she looked confused, then she heard the soft clinking sound of plates beside the bed.Turning slightly, she saw Lynn placing down a tray carefully on the small table nearby."Lynn," Mariella called softly while sitting upright slowly.Lynn immediately turned and a small relieved smile appeared on her tired face."You are awake?" she muttered softly. "I made lunch, but before that take this tonic that Lady Mana brewed. She already said you will wake up around this time and it's true."Lynn handed her the tonic, which she gulped down at once. Then Lynn took the tray of food and placed it on her laps. "Here, eat." she muttered, handling her a silver spoon.Mariella stared at her for a while and that was when she noticed the dark eye bags beneath Lynn's eyes and how exhausted she looked."What happened?" Mariella asked

"Aria, stop. You just got better and so you should be resting and certainly not moving around." Cain tried to convince Aria for the hundredth time as he kept following her around the whole room while she tried to dress well.Immediately after they had broken the kiss and stared into each others eyes loving, with happiness, so much spark between them and a smile which Aria replaced moments later with a smirk before saying that she had to visit her favourite enemy, Cain had done nothing more than trying to stop her."Don't try to stop my babe. You know what going to make me feel so energetic and alive is the surprise look on her face when she sees me. Damn!!" she exclaimed facing him. "The thought is fueling me up.""You can always do that some other time— like tomorrow for instance." he suggested."No can't do. Tomorrow will be too late because she would have already heard the news that I'm healthy and alive. Moreover, I will love to see my brother." she mumbled, as she finished applyi

Two days afterThe throne room- hall of assembly was filled with all the elders whose whispers and murmurs circulated the entire hall.This was their first reasonable meeting and gathering since Aria was poisoned and thanks to her recovery, they were finally able to gather today— though not because if pack affairs.The grand door pushed open and just like their very last meeting, Aria and Cain walked in together— in their purple regalia embroidered with silver threads, taking one slow step at a time.The whispers stopped and all head went down as they walked towards the throne.Aria's butt length hair was let down, adorned with silver hair clips, pins and several other ornament. She used a deeper shade of rogue which gave her a dangerous look along side the blank expression she gave.Shortly after, they settled side by side on the throne, the door pushed open again and this time- Maida dressed in a plain white gown, face slightly paled and red in fury didn't or rather couldn't hide he

Aria blinked slowly as she looked around, her brows drawing together in confusion. White mist surrounded her from every direction, so thick she couldn't see more than a few feet ahead. It stretched endlessly, hiding everything beyond it. There was no sky, no trees, no familiar scent— just silence. An unsettling, unnatural silence in the cold white environment.She turned slowly, her eyes scanning the endless fog, hoping to find something that made sense. Anything. But there was nothing.Her heartbeat picked up as unease settled in her chest."Where... am I?" she murmured to herself, her voice barely above a whisper. The words echoed back at her before fading into the mist."Help!!" she has a soft, low and muffled sound, echoing from a distance.She turned around abruptly trying to trace where the sound came from."Did someone say something?" she asked, in a loud whisper.But no response came. Just the sound of her voice echoing back at her.She frowned as s result, nibbling on her low